Install Half-left GNOME Shells On Ubuntu 10.10 “Maverick Meerkat”

Here are some great looking GNOME shells for GNOME 3. These shells are made by Half-left and to see the gallery with all the shells he made click HERE. You can download a theme you like or you can download the theme pack from HERE. When downloaded extract the content (theme folder) to your desktop.

First you need to install gnome-shell and gnome3-session. To do this open a Terminal window (Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal) and copy+paste the following line:

sudo apt-get install gnome-shell gnome3-session

When installed you first need to backup your default gnome shell, to do this copy+paste the following line in your Terminal window:

hey tinuz…i am running ubuntu 10.10 alongside windows 7..after installing updates recommended by update manager in ubuntu my system went into a not responding mode.i pressed ctrl+alt+delete to shutdown the computer.when i restarted i get a login page after the grub menu..but i cannot write anything(even if i type nothing could be written).So i am unable to login.can u plzz help me

You can try to login to the recovery mode and repair broken packages. Instead of choosing the Ubuntu version you press the arrow down to select the recovery mode. When in recovery mode select repair broken packages. Please let me know if it worked and if not i’ll need to do a google search

old kernel…i didnt get u..?? there are five options in my grub menu
1.ubuntu
2.ubuntu recovery mode
3.memory test(+86)
4.memory test (serial console).
5.windows 7
all d names above are not just d same but hold the same meaning of as shown in my grub menu

hey i got d issues resolved…my updates were partialy installed bcoz of what i was facing so many problems..i managed to login using the onscreen keyboard..all my internal laptop input devices were not working..den i configured d partially installed updates…thnx anyway…u have always been of great help..tc